Service drawer for ranges



March 20, 1934. J. w. BARKER SERVICE DRAWER FOR RANGES Filed March 16,1933 cl-l I.

Patented Mar. 20, 1934 UNITED STATES SERVICE DRAWER FOR RANGES Jesse W.Barker, Geneva, N. Y.

Application March 16,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in service drawers for ranges,and more particularly to that type of drawer adapted to besubstantially, fully extended from a drawer opening and to be supportedin fully extended position.

The general object of the invention is to provide a service drawer ofsimple and staunch construction and improved arrangement of partswhereby the drawer may be freely moved into and out of the draweropening and securely supported in all positions.

A further object of the invention is the provision of efiicient meansfor preventing accidental withdrawal of the drawer from the draweropenmg.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparentfrom the following description considered with the accompanying drawing,in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the drawer according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of the housing mounting thedrawer shown in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective fragmentary view of the housing with thedrawer slidably mounted therein;

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view on line 44 of Figure 3 showingthe roller of the housing in engagement with a track member of thedrawer;

Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional View on line 5-5 of Figure 3 showingthe relationship of the track members with respect to each other and thestop member for the drawer in upright position to permit withdrawal ofthe drawer from the housing; and

Figure 6 is an enlarged sectional view similar to Figure 5 with the stopmember in locking position.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 1 denotes a housing providedwith one or more drawer openings 2, only one of which is shown. Apreferably sheet metal drawer 3, comprising end walls 4, side walls 5and a bottom wall 6, is slidably mounted within opening 2, in a mannerpresently understood. The top portions of the side walls of the drawerare rolled as indicated at 7 to impart rigidity and eliminate sharpedges. The drawer is of considerably less width than the width of thehousing.

Fixed to the inner face of each side wall 8 of housing 1, by anysuitable means such as welding, is a. horizontally disposed shelf 9,upon the front end of which a roller bracket 10 is supported,

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bolts 11 being employed to secure the brackets rigidly in place. Rollers12 rotatably mounted in the upper ends of brackets 10 are adapted toengage track members suitably secured to the side walls of the drawer.Each track member comprises a plate 13, having its top and bottom edgesbent in opposing directions to form guide flanges 14, which engagewithin the grooved peripheries 15 of rollers 12 and serve to guide andsupport the drawer.

A second pair of trackmembers substantiall identical with plate 13carried by drawer 3 are secured at each end to brackets 17 in turnbolted to shelves 9. These second track members comprise plates 16having their top and bottom edges bent to form flanges 18 adapted to berotatably engaged by a grooved roller 19 mounted on an arm 20 projectingrearwardly from each side wall of the drawer. The horizontal plane oftrack members 13 is slightly above the horizontal plane of members 16 sothat the lower flanges 14 of the former will travel between the flanges18 of the latter, thus providing for a very compact arrangement ofparts.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the drawer 3 is effectivelymaintained against tilting or side wise movements by the supportingrollers even when the drawer is in fully extended position.

Complete accidental withdrawal of the drawer 3 from opening 2 isprevented by means of a lug 23, fixed to the rear end of the drawer,extending laterally therefrom and cooperating with a pivoted stop member24. This stop member consists of a strip of metal pivotally connected atits lower end by a bolt or the like 21 to one of the track members 16,and its upper end bent at right angles to form an inwardly extendingportion 22 which normally rests upon the top edge of the adjacent trackmember 13 and in the path of travel of lug 23. When the stop member isin an upright or vertical position there will be suflicient clearancefor the lug 23 to pass beneath the angular portion 22 of the stopmember. Consequently in order to remove or replace the drawer it ismerely necessary for a person to reach through the drawer opening 2 andmove the stop member from its normal inclined position. However thefreely tiltable stop member will always drop by gravity to its normalinclined rest or operative position on the top of the track member andinto the line of travel of member 23, unless manually prevented fromdoing so. As the stop member is remote from the door opening a childwould experience considerable difliculty in tampering with this member.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a range having a service drawer compartment and a drawerwithdrawably mounted in said compartment, a set of substantiallyU-shaped track members supported by the side walls of the drawer, asecond set of substantially U-shaped track members supported by the sidewalls of said compartment oppositely arranged and in 'laterallyoffsetposition with respect to said first set of track members, the trackmembers of both of said sets having oppositely bent flanges, a set ofgrooved guide rollers supported by the side walls of said compartmentaligned and cooperating with the oppositely bent flanges of said firstset of track members, and a second set of grooved guide rollerssupported at the rear end of said drawer and aligned and cooperatingwith the 0ppositely bent flanges of said second set of track members,said sets of track members being vertically offset with respect to eachother to securely support said drawer against vertical and sidewisemovements during sliding operations.

2. In a range having a service drawer compartment and a drawerwithdrawably mounted in said compartment, a plurality of stepped sets ofcooperating substantially U-shaped supporting track members andcooperating grooved rollers mounted on said drawer and the walls of saidcompartment, the sets of track members being laterally and verticallyoffset with respect to each other, a stop member for said drawerpivotally attached to one of the track members which are secured to thewalls of said compartment, said stop member having a lateral portionextending inwardly above one of the track members secured to said drawerfor contact with said lattertrack member and in alignment with said lugwhen said stop member is in inclined position with respect to itssupporting track member, said lateral portion being spaced above saidtrack member, secured to said drawer, and permitting free passage ofsaid lug, when said stop member is held perpendicular to its supportingtrack member, and said lateral portion being spaced laterally from oneside wall-of the drawer and in a plane below the top edge of said sidewall.

JESSE W. BARKER.

